South Africa

Watch: Major Lazer’s ‘Particula’ video flaunts South Africa and Nigeria’s creative genius

American recording trio Major Lazer may have been slammed in the past for making coin from cultural appropriation, but its latest track brings out…

Cape Town dam levels: the city’s water consumption woes continue

The City of Cape Town has issued its second dam level report for October, but little improvement was observed over the previous week. Total…

#DurbanStorm: Durban floods as city is lashed by storm

Update 3.20pm: The South African Weather Service has issued another update regarding the Durban storm on Twitter. “Cut-off low to the east of KZN….

SA’s box office: Blade Runner 2049 tops charts, but is it enough?

Blade Runner 2049 has crashed into the top of South African box office charts this weekend, but it doesn’t seem enough for the blockbuster. Despite raking in rave…

Relive OppiKoppi and Rocking The Daisies through these 30 Instagram snaps

This weekend saw a festival double header at opposite ends of South Africa, with Rocking The Daisies in the Western Cape, and OppiKoppi in…

Netflix is raising its US prices, South Africa remains unscathed

Netflix is raising two of its tiers’ prices for US users, but that won’t affect South Africans, a spokesperson has said. Though the prices…

Get the Google Assistant app in South Africa with this quick guide

The Google Assistant app might not be listed on the South African Play Store just yet, but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t work here….

Snaply: Taking the ‘exclusivity out’ of eCommerce site building

As society moves more into the online sphere, the need to do practically everything online grows. eCommerce sites are growing bigger and adding more…

Africa is the fastest growing Facebook continent

Africa may not have the numbers of Facebook users that more developed continents do, but the continent is rising fast. According to Facebook-analysis site,…

Comparative pricing study: How do you like them Apples?

Admission to the cult of Mac doesn’t come cheap, and if you’re a South African Apple product owner, you’ve paid more for that right…

South Africa’s top magazines according to Facebook

Last week, I was interested to read a post by MediaSlut that listed the top South African magazine brands in terms of Twitter followers….

The definitive Twitter guide to the Cricket World Cup

Slowly, the eyes of the sporting world are turning to the sub-continent, where India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka will be jointly hosting the 2011…

Watch these proposed laws! They will affect your startup

The younger your company, the easier it can be to adapt to new laws. It’s a fact that the business environment makes a huge…

President Zuma gathers Twitter ideas for State of the Nation address

Governments around the world are embracing social media as a way of communicating with their citizens. The role of social media in political campaigning…

The next great mobile wave, Bric by Bric

Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa — collectively known as the BRICs countries — represent the next great wave for both mobile telecommunications…

SA goes crazy for Zef, Bieber and Malema: Google Zeitgeist

Pop sensations, both local and international, dominated South Africa’s Google search in 2010. From Justin Bieber to Locnville, Jack Parow to Nicki Manaj, local…

How do SA’s stand-up comics use Facebook?

Our first look at the biggest local Facebook pages created such a stir we decided to dig deeper into the different ways South Africans…

Wikipedia wants South Africans to contribute

Despite being one of the most visited sites in South Africa, only a fraction of Wikipedia readers contribute to the open encyclopedia by creating…

5 tips for getting the most out of your Facebook ad campaign

Facebook have made their advertising platform exceptionally easy to use. All you need is 135 characters of text (around 35 words), an image and…

New data confirms mobile web use booming in Africa

A slew of new data released by the web-browser company Opera has confirmed the general perception that mobile web browsing is being adopted at…

Broadband Africa Forum 2024

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